USPTO Patents Application 09870801

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PATENT
Customer No. 22,852
Attorney Docket No.: 7451 .0001-18
InterTrust Ref. No.: IT-5.2.1 (US)

IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE

In re Application of: )

Karl L. Ginter, et al. ) Group Art Unit: 2768

Continuation Serial No.: 09/342,899 ) Examiner: G. Barron, Jr.

Filed: June 29, 1999 )

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For: SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR )
SECURE TRANSACTION )
MANAGEMENT AND )
ELECTRONIC RIGHTS )
PROTECTION )

Assistant Commissioner for Patents
Washington, DC 20231

Sir:

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PRELIMINARY AMENDMENT

Prior to the examination of the above application, please amend this application

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as follows:

IN THE SPECIFICATION:

Please amend the specification by inserting on page 1 , prior to the "Field of the
Invention," the following paragraph:

This application is a continuation of application Serial No. 09/342,899, filed June

29, 1999, which is a continuation of application Serial No. 08/780,545, filed January 8,
1997 (now U.S. Patent No. 5,917,912), which is a divisional of application Serial No.
08/388,107, filed February 13, 1995 (now abandoned), all of which are incorporated

LAW OFFICES

Finn eg an, Henderson,
Farabow, Garrett

herein by reference.

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